The next event in the UFC’s scrap-filled summer is a pay-per-view show headlined by the highly anticipated heavyweight trilogy bout between Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier.
But before that happens, an entire slate of quality matchups featuring former champions and current contenders, emerging prospects, experienced veterans, and everyone in between will hit the Octagon, setting the table for the clash of the heavyweight titans that will close out the proceedings.
Standing out amongst the collection of competitors that will venture into the UFC cage ahead of Miocic and Cormier are three rising stars — two bantamweights and one lightweight — whose recent results have them trending towards contender status and potentially becoming title challengers in the not too distant future.